Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] people [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That made people feel that their least effort was rewarded and they looked forward to participating in the next organizational improvement . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's nearly as clever to let people think you do n't care as it is to let them think you 're silly . |
| 3 | most likely to make people believe that they can achieve a certain thing and let them get up and do it and erm so that the Party 's role is in the initial stage fostering as much mobilization |
| 4 | ‘ Oh , aye ; it 's not good to let people know about human nature , is it ? |
| 5 | It 's quite useful to let people think you 're silly sometimes . |
| 6 | The products were supposed to speed up blood-flow to make people feel more alert . |
| 7 | So far as we have been able to see people need to be able to identify those social situations which are distinct in their culture . |
| 8 | ‘ Candour and openness are important to help people see themselves , ’ emphasises Penfold . |
| 9 | It 's important to let people know that the school has changed and is changing . |
| 10 | After all if we say , ‘ I did n't appreciate that remark , ’ that tells the world something about us , and we may perceive that it is unwise to let people know that the remark disturbs us at all so we do not share our feelings . |
| 11 | ‘ Aids ’ are available to help people pull themselves out of bed , or to put on stockings . |
| 12 | IT 'S quite common to let people die in extreme cases . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's always been difficult to let people see what the collective living is about ’ , says one member of the site community . |
| 14 | Miss Ellie Lane , the Essex ‘ funny girl ’ , says ‘ it 's getting harder and harder to make people laugh ’ ; |
| 15 | And just the sense of security and I do n't think that the level of incidence was very high , but it was enough to make people feel insecure about walking through there at night . |
| 16 | ‘ I would n't mind a dress shop but I do n't think it would be very nice to help people try on shoes all day . ’ |
| 17 | Harold ( Never Had It So Good ) Macmillan , Minister of Housing and Local Government , introduced a scheme in 1954 to help people buy houses through building societies who were allowed to advance a larger proportion of the price , now rapidly soaring , than hitherto . |
| 18 | Are you behaving like that to make people laugh or because it is what you honestly believe to be right . " |
| 19 | ‘ You just say that to make people feel sorry for you . |
| 20 | It is that feeling of pressure and strain , coupled usually with extreme hunger , that makes people break their diets yet again . |
| 21 | It 's that , really , that makes people call them crazy . |
| 22 | Now there 's an organisation called Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous to help people overcome the problem . |
| 23 | I find it wise to let people know that I am writing , that I need solitude . |